Dedided to do a solo ride ahead of potential Hokkaido ride to get back in shape.. This was only the second day ride of the year for me…!
As usual, early start at 5:00 AM. Easy on Chuo and then on country side towards Venus line. In contrast to Tokyo it was quite cool with hazy but beautiful country side! Pictures en route
It was barely 7 AM at this point, brilliant sunrise!
More pics en route
Just beautiful road!
And the start of the venus line, this one is not well marked on the map, at least the English one
More pics from the skyline
Just brilliant summer sky, these low dynamic range pics just don’t do any justice….
At the highest elevation on venus skyline
Started riding don from here
Lake Shirakaba
Continuing on the Koegn, brilliant, just brilliant!
Brilliant clouds!
And finally Lake Suwa!
After this headed back home. GPS track and stats for the ride
The S10 on top of Venus skyline!
First day ride of 2014! Early start with a friend at 5:00 AM in the morning. Uneventful ride on Kanetsu up to Shibukawa Ikaho. And then traverse to Haruna San, some pictures enroute
Unbelievably I forgot to bring my camera!! only iPhone today..
Haruna San and Lake Haruna Ko
After a short cruise around Lake Haruna we started riding towards Lake Nojoriko, some pics on the way
Just beautiful roads to ride!
Finally Lake Nojori Ko! Nice Soba and Pizza lunch here!
Another Lake with dam
headed home after this.
Total ride
And the S10 at Lake Haruna!
‘For the old days” sake Emman and me decided to do the 152 again. We met a Chuo 6:00 AM hit 152 from Suwa before 8:00.
152 goes along the river most of the way from Suwa.
The dam
The other side
Summer heat
The bikes – Ducati multistrada and mama Yamaha
The landslide which blocked us from doing 152 in 2010 was replaced by gravel road 
Emman in his ’summer clothes’
It got quite hot towards noon. Couldnt stand it and had to ‘chill’ a bit
My view while chilling 
It was quite tempting to just jump in the nice cool water!
More cruising & twisties
Soba and coffee shop in the middle of almost nowhere
More cruising and more twisties!
Finally we got on to Tomei expressway and crusided back home. Nice one day ride.
GPS log and GPS track
